Many photos of the plane after landing with, presumably both engines stopped. Aircraft is a PA.31, N66886 and believed to be on a delivery flight from the US to France. Good landing by the ferry pilot.
By: Newforest - 10th January 2015 at 16:46
Accident update.
http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2015/01/piper-pa-31-350-chieftain-aeroflight.html
By: paul178 - 12th April 2014 at 23:39
“Extinguished: The aircraft was covered in a chemical foam as firefighters battle to put out the blaze?”
Any sharp eyed members spot where the blaze was? Chemical foam? really serious stuff!
By: Moggy C - 11th April 2014 at 13:37
Yes, that about sums it up. 🙁
By: TonyT - 11th April 2014 at 12:26
Lying strapped to a board with a potential (but thankfully not actual) broken spine, neck or pelvis I was breathalysed.
I bet you were pissed alright, but in a none alcoholic way..
By: Moggy C - 11th April 2014 at 11:27
At least you missed the school full of children
A few hundred yards further on there is a micro-brewery. I would certainly have struggled with the controls to avoid that.
Lying strapped to a board with a potential (but thankfully not actual) broken spine, neck or pelvis I was breathalysed.
Bet they didn’t do that in 1940.
Moggy
By: Newforest - 11th April 2014 at 08:31
Aircraft was for sale in Washington State for $100,000 and was a freight carrier, therefore only two seats inside. May have been staying at Wick for a little while 😉
By: TonyT - 11th April 2014 at 00:13
Yup, of the kids shoe, when ever they show a bombed building in Afghan, there is a kids shoe front and centre, the camera crew must have a car boot full to place at each site…
Yup
Surprised it doesn’t mention the school thirty miles away ( that an aircraft crashed 20 miles from in 1932) which he managed to steer clear off when he lost the engine…. Mention’s the squirt of foam to put the fire out? What fire?
By: hunterxf382 - 10th April 2014 at 23:41
At least you missed the school full of children and/or the over-dramatic screaming dive…. that’s why you were overlooked by the DM 😉
By: Moggy C - 10th April 2014 at 21:37
Better than ‘powered glider’ as perceived by the East Anglia local press.
Moggy
By: silver fox - 10th April 2014 at 21:10
Looking at the standard of reporting the Mail would never dare feature Moggy in there news articles, they simply couldn’t take the aggro.
The plane is variously reported as “single seat” and “single engined”, they would have had G-NADZ down as a warbird.
By: Moggy C - 10th April 2014 at 10:39
I hate you two! 😀
By: TonyT - 10th April 2014 at 09:51
Looks like the Stb isn’t fully feathered, so would have been windmilling… the dreaded drag
They didn’t put your’s in Moggy as they do not normally cover Glider crashes.. :p
By: charliehunt - 10th April 2014 at 09:47
They knew what your reaction would be!:D
By: Moggy C - 10th April 2014 at 07:54
Humph!
How come I didn’t make the Daily Mail?
😡
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